Posted: 1/7/04

New manager at Mattson Funeral Home

Staff changes have been announced at Mattson Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Forest Lake. The changes include the hiring of a new funeral home manager. Paul R. and Susan M. Hutchinson have recently begun serving the Forest Lake area as funeral directors. Paul Hutchinson will also serve as manager of the funeral home, as well as funeral director. Susan Hutchinson will serve as a funeral director. The husband-wife team joined current funeral director, Marlowe Molden, a native of Minnesota, who has been with the funeral home since March 2002.

The Hutchinsons, both licensed funeral directors, moved to Forest Lake after serving as funeral directors in the Brainerd Lakes Area. Susan, an Ohio native, graduated with a Bachelor of Mortuary Science degree from the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science in 1998. Paul, an Iowa native, also graduated from the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science in 1998. Following graduation, Paul and Susan served a one-year apprenticeship in southern Iowa, before moving to Mason City, where they began serving as licensed directors. They share much of their time and interests. Susan enjoys reading, traveling, observing wildlife and spending time with her family, including two cats. Paul is an avid fisherman, fishing throughout southern Ontario and the Midwest. He enjoys spending time with family, traveling and the outdoors.

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